Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-11-10
MoRMon GIRL.
a ReseisfIon of the fnIunlfies If
posygansy--The unhappiness Of
woru,on wires.

a ReseistIon of the fnsunl1iss 81
Po,ygary--The unhappiness Of
mormon Mises.
A correspondent at Salt Lake City
tells a story of the experience of
Mormon girl "a related by herssGE.
She said:
Ihave often been asked TO marrY
Mormons who had wives. ] viii tan
you about one Of than. d wealthy
man. now dead. His name MAJ
Franklin Nef. One day his wife-the
only wife be had-canfe to our bouss
and had u talk with me. She saidshe
wanted me TO marry MI. Nef. WAS
only fifteen, but ] knew what polrg-
amy was, and ] had set my heart
against it. well, Mrs. Nef, " / said.
aFf be wants me be'li have to sum
mon up cheek snough to ask me him
self"
/ said this IN fun. and then asked
| Mrs. NeE what she thought about II.
She said herself and husbaad hsd
talked the whole matter over
and she had come TO the COR
eIusion that as Der husband Nse
Obliged to take a second wife sbe
knew nobody she'd sooner have him
take than myself, therefore she becced
me whsn he called to give him afavor-
able answer. This proposition, CON-
ing from a woman thirth-fre venrs
old, who had been married for years
to a husband OF about tie same aas.
and who had assisted him In accum,g.
lating his wealth, vas at once strauu.
and amusing. Mr.. Neff called that sarr>
Eight, and, IN answer to his Question
i tod him that he must be crazy 70
make such an offer OF marriage TO 4
mere child, but be insisted that In
was in earnest, and he went TO INV
mother, who on account OF his hirh
position In The church. was afraid fo
Aatly refuse him Mother said she
would sol 60 against my wishes, buk
II be could persuade meinto polycamy
she would offer no objection; at tbe
same time she warned me not 70 cirs
my consent for any consideration.
Mrs. Neff came round to see me sev.
erai times, and was always urging m
TO marry her husband, saying that h
could not live without me, and both
OF them would be all the happier for
it. But the more she talked the fryp-
er | became IN my resistance. Tbey F
invited me to spend q lew days e.
their country home ! wanted to re-
fuse, but mother said l had better rp.
l went, and ] don't think Ispeut
miserable time a~nywhere IN 81
my lie The husband was contiraa;-
~ asking me 70 go buggy-riding Wit
him and the wife was eoaxing me to 0
sent. Still, / thought j saw that the]
woman was unhappy. She seemed "a
be doing what she did against BIZ
VIII. A bah was gIven ID the neIghbor1
hood and / wanted TO &c. Mira. Ne
asked me to 70 with Frank that xae
her husbands namel, but said no.
would 60 aloue, unless she agreed q
go along. She agreeG. and went. Tha
man tried his vary hardest that niEss
to dance with me, and his vile eve
asked me to dance with him but
kept plenty of engagements ahes1
with the young fellows and be got b
dance.
Some one then told him hatIuoas
not dance srith him while Mrs ef a
present, so he told her and she We
home. After she went he came TO Il
and said she had gone and he hc<<
now he would have the pleasure q
dance. but 1 continued to make
cnses and avoided HIM The id {
came for to 20 home, and ] refused
allow him to accompany me unls
there was a third party along.
brother Amos accompanied as,
alter leaving me at the door the Il
men went to Amos Nefs bouse.
found Mrs. Nef In her room in tesr
a more heartbroken woman I M
saw. She had been sitting thsre &
ting and CRYING and moaningior hou
thinking that l was dancing with
husband and that ] Was coming ID
alone with him. And only the -
besore she had sat up with ne
IL O'Clock trying TO talk me- into
rying him. making all sorts al pr
ises, and saying that herself and
Neff would write deeds Tor one-k4z
all the property and possessions
had if | would only give my u
She begged me not to say AMI
to her husband about the
scene, as he would sccia Aa
bat 1 said thought il my duty
tell him, and also to let him knox
opinion l had of him. l tod
Nef not to grieve. as I would
cause her the slightest sorroNs
sent Der TO bed a much happier
an than / had found her on my
ing in. Next Eaorning at the o
fast table Mr.. Neff said somez
about p~olycanay. That was 81
provocation | wanted. | said
Neff, il you were any kind OF d p
all, or had even the eommopsa
mar instincts, you'd let peiY1
alone. You have q vie who
good for you, and who loves yoz
ter than you deserve-stick
and let other women alone
told him the condition IN IN
had found his wife on coming
from the pall. His face grew
and, laying down his knife and
he arose from the table and
room. l went home that n9
and neither saw Mr.. Ned nor
from him again. He never Nfn<
p~olygamy, and | felt very Cad
for the sake of the h~eart-broks13
woman, to whom q second s7Is1
husbands side would have ne
speedy DEATH